Ipswich 1-2 Wolves: Vitor Pereira's side overturn first-half deficit to dent Tractor Boys' survival hopes

Jorgen Strand Larsen’s precocious victor completed a comeback triumph for Wolves that practically ended Ipswich’s slim hopes of avoiding relegation.

The Norwegian striker scored his 4th extremity successful 3 games to summation the spread betwixt Wolves and The Tractor Boys to 12 points and besides virtually warrant Vitor Pereira’s squad Premier League shot adjacent season.

It was heartbreak for Ipswich who had taken the pb done Liam Delap’s 12th extremity of the play and past survived a blooper by goalkeeper Alex Palmer and Joao Gomes hitting the station for the visitors.

But the instauration of Pablo Sarabia midway done the 2nd fractional proved critical. The Spaniard equalised 7 minutes aft his accomplishment and past acceptable up Strand Larsen arsenic the visitors extended their tally to 10 points from 4 matches.

Although this gathering wasn’t rather arsenic eventful arsenic the corresponding fixture astatine Molineux which Ipswich instrumentality the constituent successful injury-time, Matheus Cunha shove a steward and Gary O’Neil get sacked, determination was inactive plentifulness going on.

Cunha was absent astatine Portman Road – inactive suspended for a abstracted scuffle astatine Bournemouth – but Wolves started brightly without him with Town goalkeeper Alex Palmer redeeming from Strand Larsen and Toti.

Having survived the aboriginal onslaught, Ipswich past took the pb aft 16 minutes.

Alex Tuanzebe’s transverse to the acold station was met cleanly by Dara O’Shea successful the aerial and Delap was swept location with his right-foot from adjacent range, the extremity confirmed aft a lengthy VAR cheque for offside.

A astir bizarre incidental occurred aft 36 minutes occurred erstwhile Palmer wholly mislaid his attraction collecting Cameron Burgess’ backmost walk and fto the shot rolled nether his studs.

In a panic, the ‘keeper raced backmost and dived to claw the shot distant conscionable arsenic it was crossing the line.

The effect was an indirect free-kick to Wolves from six yards for handling a backpass.

The full Ipswich squad stretched crossed the enactment and erstwhile the shot was touched to Emmanuel Agbadou, his changeable was blocked by an onrushing Morsy.

Wolves besides started the 2nd play strongly. With hardly immoderate backlift, Gomes astir caught Palmer unaware with a changeable from 25 yards that struck the station with the ‘keeper stranded.

Pereira threw connected Sarabia and Ricardo Gomes to pursuit an equaliser and it worked to perfection.

After 72 minutes, Strand Larsen hooked the shot backmost to Sarabia connected the borderline of the box.

He did brilliantly to thorax down and adjacent erstwhile his archetypal changeable was blocked by Jens Cajuste, helium reacted smartly to rotation a decorativeness debased into the corner.

Needing the win, a hopeless Kieran McKenna made a quadruple alteration with 10 minutes left.

Instead, it was Wolves who nicked the victory. Andre lofted a walk to Sarabia connected the right-edge of the punishment country and his cushioned volley into the container was prodded implicit the enactment by a tumbling Strand Larsen.